Sure as hell it is in the newspapers today that a large percentage of the "Iraqi" troops at Tel Afar are Kurdsh Pesh Merga (or were). pat lang
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091200310.html
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I think we’ve picked our side, and it is the Shia/Kurd alliance of convenience.
It will blow up, of course, but I am sure that we hope not until after we declare victory and go home.
I believe this will encourage Turkey to be even more supportive of our efforts in creating an independent Kurdistan.